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N0.A852,875. PATENTED MAY 7,1907. M. s. DIETRIGK.

. SHOW CASE.

APPLIcATIoN FILED Dnc. zo, 1905. RENEWBD MAR, 2o, 1907.

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MATTHIAS S. DIETRICK, OF SIX MILE RUN, PENNSYLVANIA.

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` Specflcaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed December 29, 1905. Renewed March 20, 1907. Serial No. 363,450

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHIAS S. DrnTRioK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Six Mile Run, in the county of Bedford vand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Show-Case, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to showcases, and has for its obj ect to provide an improved display case and storage cabinet particularly adapted for containing shirts. It is furthermore designed to obtain the maximum capacity in a cabinet of predetermined'proportions and to give an unrestricted view of all of the shirts displayed.

A further object of the invention is to have the storage portion of the cabinet divided into compartments in'accordance with the individual shirt supporting elements, whereby the stock of any particular pattern of shirt may be readily located by reference to the shirt which is displayed.

With these and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be here inafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details may be made, within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages ofthe invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a display cabinet embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail fragmentary perspective view of the support for the shirts which are to be displayed. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail fragmentary views showing double and single clips, parts being broken away to disclose the manner of securing the clips to the frame.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

The present cabinet is designated in general 1, and is rectangular in form and of suitable proportions according to the desired capacity of the device. The front 2 of the cabinet is of glass, and extending longitudinally from top to bottom and end to end of the cabinet is a partition 3 dividing the cabinet into a relatively shallow front display compartment and a relatively deep rear storage compartment, the latter being divided into tiers of sub compartments by means of vertical and horizontal partitions 4 and 5 respectively. Access is had to the rear open ends of the sub-compartments by means of doors 6 which are hinged, as at 7, at'

their outer edges to the rear corners of the cabinet so as to swing outwardly. Each end of the front display compartment is provided with a glass door 8 hinged at its rear edge as at 9, so as to give access to the ends of the display compartment.

For the display of each shirt at the front of the front display compartment, there is provided duplicate wire frame members 10 arranged in upright parallel relation and spaced to approximate the width of a shirt, one of such frame members being shown in detail in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Each member 10 has its lower end bent back to form a substantially horizontal arm 11 which passes through a perforation in the partition 3,the main portion of the frame being inclined upwardly and rearwardly from the front end of the arm 11 and terminating at its upper end in a rearwardly directed downturned hook 12 for engagement with a loop or eye 13 carried by the front of the partition 3. A series of such frame members are arranged in vertical relation, and each horizontal series of frame members is connected by a seriesl of cross rods 14, which are soldered or otherwise connected to the frame members 10 at their points of crossing. Each of the frame members 10 carries a clip 15 adjacent its upper end for engagement with the adjacent shoulder portion of a shirt, as shown at the upper right hand corner in Fig. 1 of the drawing, whereby the shirt hangs from a pair of clips and is supported upon the cross bars 14 in an effectually displayed position.

The series of wire frames which face toward the front of the case terminate short of the ends of the latter for the reception of other frames which face toward the respective ends of the case. In each end of the front display compartment, there isa display frame made up of a pair of substantially parallel members 16 and 17, each of which is formed from a single length of wire bent back and forth to form longitudinal frame members and transverse arms 18, the ends of each Wire being connected to the top and bottom of the door in any suitable manner. Cross rods 19 connect the arms 18, and other cross rods 2O connect corresponding side members IOO IOS

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about midway of their ends. Upon the respective side members of the end display frames are provided'clips 15 as hereinbefore described, whereby a series of shirts may be supported upon each of the end frames.

-The number of sections in the wire display frames corresponds to the number ofstorage compartments in the back of the case, and each storage compartment is arranged in alinement with one of the frame sections and it is proposed to have each compartment contain a stock of shirts correspondin inpattern to that of the shirt which is disp ayed in -the corresponding frame sectionfwhereby any pattern of shirt may be quickly Mobtained from the case by a salesman in accordance with the selection of a urchaser.

It will here be note that the arms 18 are given a greater vertical inclination as they progress upwardly so as to permit the shirts to overlap and thereby increase the capacity of the case. As the uppermost shirt is at a considerable elevation, the beholder is enabled to look upwardly beneath the uppermost shirt and therefore the up ermost shirt does not obstruct a full view of the next below shirt.

By reason of the fact that the side display frames are carried by the doors 8, said frames are brought out of the case when the doors are opened, thereby to give convenient access to the frame for applying and removing the shirts.

The clips are double and single, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, according to their positions upon intermediate upright rods 10 or termi# nal rods 10. In thev single form'shown in Fig. 6, the clip 15 is terminally connected to adjacent crossed bars 10 and 14 by means of suitable fastenings 21, the parts being flattened at their point of connection so as to avoid an objectionable hump or projection at this point. The double form of clip consists of a wire which is fastened midway of its ends to adjacent crossed rods 10 and 14 by means of a rivet or other suitable fastening 22, the ends of the clip being inclined outwardly from the fastening andaway fromlthe rod 14. When fastening a shirt by meansof the clips, each edge of the shirt is forced in between one of the clips and the adjacent rod 14, where it is held by being wedged between these members and by the spring tension of the clip, wherefore the clip and the rod 14 cooperate to fasten the shirt to the display frame. o

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A display cabinet having a series of display frames, each frame including a pair of upright substantially parallel frame members terminating at their upper ends in hooks, eyes secured to the cabinet and engaged by the hooks, and substantially horizontal arms engaging the lower ends of the sides of the frame with their other ends supported upon the cabinet. j

2. A display device having a vertical series of article-supporting elements inclined to the vertical and successively overlappin one another from the top to the bottom of t e series, the overlap decreasing from the top downwardly.

8. A display device-having a frame made up of cross bars, spring clips at the points of crossing of the bars, and fastenings piercing the bars and the clips, the free portions of the clips coperating with adjacent bars to form article-engaging clamps.

4. A display device comprising a back having a pair of transversely alined eyes, a pair of sockets alined below the eyes, and an article-supporting frame vhaving side bars terminating at their upper ends in hooks engaging the eyes and at their lower ends in rearwardly-directed arms engaging the sockets to support the side bars indlined to the vertical.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflix'edmy signature in the presence of two witnesses: Y

MATTHIAS S. DIETRICK.

Witnesses:

JNO. E. ROBERTS, M,.J. DEITRIGH. 

